1945-1950
1945-1950
The army is governed by Act II of 1939. (typical tools include decrees and executive orders). The Ministry of Defence has its own legal department. Act XX of 1949 in accordance with the Constitution re-regulates questions of the 1939 Act related to obligations of defence. Legal regulations are severely curtailed. Law is replaced by internal ministerial and senior military officers’ orders and commands. Written statutes are replaced by oral ones. The portfolio does not have its own legal organization. The Soviet-type transformation of the military is done in an increasingly arbitrary manner as legal guarantees “fade away.” Service status of professional soldiers is regulated by a decision in 1959. No legal recourses.
